McFarland v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor. Suit commenced January 29th, 1853, by appellant, in his own right and as administrator of Edward Berry, for the partition of certain undivided interests in a tract of six hundred and forty two acres of land, including the site of the town of Washington.
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Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor. Suit commenced January 29th, 1853, by appellant, in his own right and as administrator of Edward Berry, for the partition of certain undivided interests in a tract of six hundred and forty two acres of land, including the site of the town of Washington. The petition alleged that on or about the 24th March, 1835, John W. Hall, being'the owner of one fourth of a league of land lying in Washington county, &c., part of a half league originally granted to Andrew Robinson, entered into a written agreement with Miller & Somerville,…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The principal question upon this appeal is, whether the decree of the 12th of October, 1854, was final and conclusive of the matters therein adjudicated. It certainly-determined all the issues of fact raised by the pleadings ; it distinctly ascertained and adjudicated the rights of the parties ;-and settled definitively their respective interests in the subject matter of the suit. It put an end to all matter in litigation in the case. After it was rendered, nothing remained but to carry'it into effect, or execute the judgment of the Court. This would seem to bring it within the legal…
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